Roll No.

15
Total No. of Questions : 111 (Total No. of Printed Pages

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ENGLISH
[Maximum Marks 80
:3 Hours)

Section—A

(Reading Comprehension)

write a summary
l. Read the followingpassage. Make notes (5 marks),

(4 marks) and give it a suitabletide (I mark)

We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as

unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good. Many continually

wages a war on tiem, they contaminatehis food, carry diseases

NS crops. They sting or bite prevocatiort; they •9

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uninvited into his room on summer nights, or beat against his lighted

windows. We live in dread only.Of unpleasant insects like spiders, or

wasps; but of quite harmless ones like moths also.

Reading about insects increases our understandingwithoutdispelling

our fears. Knowing that industnous out live in a highly organised

society, does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion,

when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared lunch.

We hate them and waste no time in removing them quickly even if

few of them are killed.

No matter how much we like honey or how much we have read about

the uncanny sense of directionwhich bees possess, we have a horror

of being stung ? Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are

difficultto erase. At the same time. however. insects are strangely

fascinating. We enjoy reading espedalty when we find

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that, like the praying
mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives. We

enjoy staring at them.

entranced as they go about their business,

unaware Of our presence. Who has not stood in awe at the sight of

a spider pouncing on a fly, or column of ants triumphantlybringing

home an enormous dead beetle.

These tiny insects are not withoutwisdom. Sometimes they exhibit a

wonderful common sense and even scientific approach to their problems.

For example, once a man foundthousandsof ants crawling up the

trunk of a peach tree which produce Luscious fruit. One summer he

found the leaves of the tree withering.Cluster of tiny insects, called

aphis, were found on the undersideof leaves, so this army of ants

attacked them to obtain a sort of honey from them. The man tied but

failedto check ttw infiltrati«iOf ants. He also bound the base of tie

tree with stidy upes so that n became difficutt to

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new route. They climbed the adjoining wall and then used the

branches touching the wall as a ladder to beach the aphis. The ants

had the wisdom to find out the answer to his scientific measure to

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2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the

It has been said that everyonelives by selling something. In the light

of this statement,teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by

seNing wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. Though, it may

be to meast.retie value of materialgoods in term

Of mmey,
extremely dffiwlt to estimate true value of material

services whi&l performfor us. There are times

when we would

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grudge paying a sergeon
a high fee for offering us precisely his

service. The conditions of society

are such that skills have to be pajd

for the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has

something to sell.

Tramps (horneless and jobless persons) seem to be the mly

to this general rule. Beggars almost sell themselves as human beings

to arouse the passers-by. But real tramps are not beggars.

They have sen and require nothingfrom others. In seeking

independmce, do sacrifice their human dignity. A tramp may

ask you for mmey, but he will never ask you to feel sorry for him.

He has delberately chosen to lead the life he leads and is tulty aware

of the He may never be sure tie next meal is

coming frn b'.n he b free from rte thousands of

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afflict other people. His few material possessions make it possible

him to move from place to place with ease. By having to sleep in the

open, he gets far closer to the world of nature that most of us ever

do. He may hunt, beg or steal occasionally to keep himself alive; he

may even in times of real need. do a little work; but he will never

sacrifice his freedom. We often speak with contempt for tramps and

put them in the same class as beggars, but many us can

honestly say that we have not felt a little envious their simple way

of life and their freedom care.

Questions

(T) Why may we feel a little envious of tramps sometimes ?

(ii) As per the passage, Tramps are also like beggars.

(TrueFalse)

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(iii) In •steal occasionally' the word •occasionally' is

(A) Noun

(B) Verb

(C) Adjective

Adverb

own free
(iv) Which word in para (1) means : Voluntarilyor of one's

will ?

(v) Use the word •grudge'in your own sentence.

(vi) To be alive, tramps may occasionally

(A) Steal

(B) Hunt

(C) Beg

(D) Do all

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passage remarks; skills have to be paid for in the same

way (CompJete it)

(viii) Give the synonym of 'dignity'.

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(ix) To the ailing humanity.sometimes •spiritualcomforts' are

sold to

people by

(A) Teachers

(B) Businessmen

(C) Philosophers

(D) Priests and religious minds

(x) Give the antonym of and then use it in your

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(Writing Skills and Grammar)

3. You often feel unhappy when you see people wasting water ruthlessly.

Dratt a poster telling people; why and how to save water for future

life on this planet. (30—50words)

or
You are the Pnncipal of a Higher Secondary School. You need the
services of a person assist the Chief L&arian of the School
Library. Draft an advertisementfor same mentioning age.
qualification. some specific knowledge,etc. It is adhoc job for one

year. (30-50 words) 4

4. The road leading to your is very congestedand full of potholes

Students and parents are after caught in traffigjams as a part of the

road is also narrowedby the Rehri Cart Vendors etc. Write a letter

to the Editor a local newspapercalling the attentionof the

Engineer, traffic and municipalityfor the redressal of

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(120—150 words)

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Or

As a responsible habitantOf the locality you live in, write a letter to

the Superintendent Engineer of power and electricity department

requesting him to save the student community. preparing for the

exams, from the problem of abrupt, unscheduled and

long power

in the locality which is telling upon their

as well as mental
health. (120—150 words)

5. Wnte an e-Mail to your cousin

congratulating him on securing M.B.B.S.

seat by clearing the

Entrance Examination. (50—80
words)

6. Student Editor of your

magazine, write an article

Evils of eating too

much junk food by the modem ymm•

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On the eve of Annual Day Celebration, your school held a 'Blood

Donation Camp' in collaborationwith the medical college. Write a

report of the event for the local newspaper. 6

7. Read the following passage and edit it. picking errors and mistakes

etc.

As soon as I reached home, sta raining heavily. I was pleased

for reach home safe and unwet. My asked me if I will like a

cup of hot tea. "Why nor, I said widdy and sat to a near by chair.

"What would you liked with'tea ?" she asked me. I only smiled and

said, "Anythingwould do. Better. if you will serve me with cakes and

rusks father brought yesterday."She smiled and nodded his head in

positive. You a hot cup of tea with some snacs is a

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(Literature)

questions
8. (a) Read the following extract from a poem and answer tie

given at the end

All three stood still to smile through their hair

At the uncle with the camera. A sweet face,

My mother's, that was before I was born

And the sea, which to have changed less

Washed their terribly transient feet.

(i) Who are 'AR tiree' by me ?

(ii) Where was poet's mother standing and why

(iii) Why are girl's feet called, •terriblytransien? ?

(iv) did pods mother look at that time ?

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(b) Answer any two of the following questions in

each

What does the phrase •strange the tell' mean ?

(The Voice of the Rain)

What is the bird's movementcomparedto and what is the

basis for this comparison ?

(The Labumum Top)

(iii) Pick out a few instances of humourand irony in the poem

'The Tale of Melon City'. 3x2=6

9. Answer any three of t*'e following questions 40—50words each

(i) How do we corne to know that the author's grandmotherwas a

religious person ? (The Portrait of a Lady)

(ii) What do you understand by tie (a) ouWder art (b) att

(c) raw art ? of t' AA)

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(ili) How are the earth's principal biological systems being depleted ?

Explain briefly. (The Ailing Planet)

(iv) Why was the author disappointed with Darchen ?

(The Silk Road)

(v) Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside

over meeting again ? (The Adventure)

3x3=9
10. Answer the following question in ISO—no words

The Address' is a story of human predicamentthat follows war.

Comment.

Or

Tt•wre Kes a great difference between text-book medicine and tie

world a practicingphysician.Discuss in tie light A.J. Cronin's

'Birth'.
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in 120—150words

Write the brief character sketch of 'Mrs. Annie Pearson'.

Or

Justify the title of the play •Mother's Day".

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